alflandy Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Does anyone know what this box is for please? It has been fitted to Land Rover Marshall Ambulances. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Ithink that is the mains slave unit fitted when the vehicle is in hangar waiting for service. The idea is to ensure the engine is warm, the battery charged and the vehicle warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 These were fitted to RAF Rover ambulances & TACRs. They are essentially trickle charged the battery. A very basic charger with a high & low charge rate but has a SCR that can be set to shut it down when the battery has reached the prescribed voltage to prevent gassing of the battery. Internally I found it very crudely constructed, basic principles of soldering a joint were ignored. You should loop a wire through say a solder tag & establish some mechanical linkage & then confirm the electrical joint by soldering. Many of the joints there was no attempt to do this with just straight wire held in a solder-only joint some of which were dry joints. How this got accepted into a defence contract I do not know. Having said that they are extremely rare these days & I sold mine only a few months ago I think for about £50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Well 209a Plashet Road is now a storage unit for Al Firdous halal takeaway and restaurant....lets hope their kebabs are of better quality than Newham's soldering was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I used to live in Plashet Road, many moons ago! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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